{{short description|American academic administrator (born 1966)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Marlene Tromp | image = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | office = 28th President of the [[University of Vermont]] | term_start = July 1, 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Patricia Prelock]] (interim) | successor = | office1 = 7th President of [[Boise State University]] | term_start1 = July 1, 2019 | term_end1 = July 1, 2025 | predecessor1 = [[Bob Kustra]] | successor1 = Jeremiah Shinn (interim) | birth_place = [[Green River, Wyoming]], U.S. | education = [[Creighton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Wyoming]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[University of Florida]] ([[PhD]]) }}
'''Marlene Tromp''' (born 1966)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tromp|first=Marlene|date=|title=Fear, Loathing, and Victorian Xenophobia|url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/56908/Tromp2_Book4CD.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref> is an American academic administrator who is the 28th President of the [[University of Vermont]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Corey |title=Boise State University president tapped as sole finalist to replace Garimella as head of UVM |url=https://vtdigger.org/2025/03/17/boise-state-university-president-tapped-as-sole-finalist-to-replace-garimella-as-head-of-uvm/ |access-date=17 March 2025 |publisher=vtdigger |date=March 17, 2025}}</ref> She is the former president of [[Boise State University]].
== Early life and education == Tromp grew up in [[Green River, Wyoming]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Brightest Promise |url=https://www.uvm.edu/magazine/news/brightest-promise |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=www.uvm.edu |language=en}}</ref> A first-generation college student, Tromp initially aspired to become a medical doctor. Tromp received a scholarship and worked several part-time jobs to attend [[Creighton University]]. Tromp earned a Bachelor of Arts from Creighton and returned to [[Wyoming]] to attend the [[University of Wyoming]], where she earned a Master of Arts in English. Tromp then earned a [[PhD]] in English from the [[University of Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/dr-marlene-tromp-hired-as-first-female-president-in-boise-state-history/Content?oid=18279106|title=Dr. Marlene Tromp Hired as First Female President in Boise State History|last=Prentice|first=George|website=Boise Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref>
== Career == Tromp spent 14 years teaching at [[Denison University|Dennison University]] in Ohio, rising to be the chair and director of women’s studies and chair of the faculty.<ref name=":1" /> Tromp moved to Arizona State University in 2011, where she was first director of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, then vice provost of [[Arizona State University|ASU’s West Campus]], and then dean of [[Arizona State University]] [[New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences]]. Then in 2017, Tromp served as the campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz|University of California at Santa Cruz]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2019/04/23/marlene-tromp-named-boise-state-president/|title=Dr. Marlene Tromp Named the 7th President of Boise State University|date=2019-04-23|website=Boise State News|language=en|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref>
Tromp became the first female president of Boise State in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/education/dr-marlene-tromp-will-be-boise-states-first-female-president/277-f412935d-1e3d-4235-b425-07ce68ba80ef |title=Dr. Marlene Tromp will be Boise State's first female president |website=KTVB |date=23 April 2019 |access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref> In that role, she faced headwinds from a conservative Idaho state legislature on issues of DEI in higher education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Golden |first=Daniel |last2=Berg |first2=Kirsten |date=2022-06-29 |title=The Other Cancel Culture: How a Public University Is Bowing to a Conservative Crusade |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-crt-boise-state-university |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=ProPublica |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Corey |date=2025-07-27 |title=Q&A: New UVM President Marlene Tromp on in-state enrollment, staff layoffs and the future of DEI on campus |url=https://vtdigger.org/2025/07/27/qa-new-uvm-president-marlene-tromp-on-in-state-enrollment-staff-layoffs-and-the-future-of-dei-on-campus/ |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2025, Tromp was announced as the incoming 28th president of [[University of Vermont]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Guber |first=Anna |date=2025-03-21 |title=Dr. Marlene Tromp officially named next president of the University of Vermont |url=https://www.mynbc5.com/article/marlene-tromp-president-uvm/64244807 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=WPTZ |language=en}}</ref> She succeeded interim president [[Patricia Prelock]] in the summer of 2025.<ref name=":0" /> Meanwhile, Boise State struggled to appoint a new president.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richert |first=Kevin |date=2025-11-20 |title=Deep Dive: Public records tell story of stalled search to head Boise State |url=https://boisedev.com/news/2025/11/20/deep-dive-public-records-tell-story-of-stalled-search-to-head-boise-state/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=BoiseDev |language=en-US}}</ref>
Tromp was sworn in as President of UVM on September 30, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Lynde |first=Myla |date=2025-09-30 |title=New UVM president says higher education can help build ‘a new world from ashes’ |url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-09-30/new-uvm-president-marlene-tromp-says-higher-education-can-help-build-a-new-world-from-ashes |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=Vermont Public |language=en}}</ref>
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